Sanoussi Bilal is head of Economic and Trade Cooperation Programme, at the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), Maastricht and Brussels The financial crisis, though having its origin in developed countries, has generated a global recession that has severe consequences for developing countries, including in Africa, in terms of their prospects for economic growth and development, notably through a decline of trade and investment flows, lower remittances, some lower co...   read more >>